She's had the freedom to make a complete ass of herself by opening her mouth, and the freedom to embroil herself in various campaign scandals, and the freedom to marry a woman, so yes, she's The Voice of Freedom!

whidbey:The fact that Boehner is thanking her as the door is about to hit her ass on the way out of Congress isn't lost on me.

As one of the libbiest libs of libville, let me defend Boehner on this. He's a politician. One of his party members is leaving. He has to say something. So nice-sounding empty platitudes is what she got. That's all.

It does amuse me that the who seem to have the greatest problem with this statement are the same people who want cradle to grave government control of everyone's life.

Which is not to say I'm a fan of Bachmann but it's like listening to one group of people who would happily abuse the power of government in the pursuit of power deride a person who would gladly abuse the power of government in the pursuit of power for different people.

randomjsa:It does amuse me that the who seem to have the greatest problem with this statement are the same people who want cradle to grave government control of everyone's life.

Which is not to say I'm a fan of Bachmann but it's like listening to one group of people who would happily abuse the power of government in the pursuit of power deride a person who would gladly abuse the power of government in the pursuit of power for different people.

Nearly every comment here is making fun of her for being an insane person. Your simile makes no sense in relation to the rest of the thread.

"And what a bizarre time we're in, when a judge will say to little children that you can't say the pledge of allegiance, but you must learn that homosexuality is normal and you should try it."

"I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democrat president Jimmy Carter. And I'm not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it's an interesting coincidence."

"But we also know that the very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States."

"Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas."